[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 17 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 17

      To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for 
inadmissibility for certain aliens seeking citizenship for children by 
       giving birth in the United States, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 22, 2021

Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
      To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for 
inadmissibility for certain aliens seeking citizenship for children by 
       giving birth in the United States, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ban Birth Tourism Act''.

SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY FOR ALIENS SEEKING CITIZENSHIP FOR CHILDREN BY 
              GIVING BIRTH IN THE UNITED STATES.

    Section 212(a)(10) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1182(a)(10)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(F) Aliens seeking citizenship for children by 
                giving birth in the united states.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Any alien seeking 
                        admission as a nonimmigrant under section 
                        101(a)(15)(B) for the primary purpose of 
                        obtaining United States citizenship for a child 
                        by giving birth to the child in the United 
                        States is inadmissible.
                            ``(ii) Rule of construction.--Nothing in 
                        this subparagraph may be construed to render 
                        inadmissible an alien seeking legitimate 
                        medical treatment relating to childbirth if 
                        obtaining citizenship for the child is not the 
                        primary purpose for seeking admission.''.
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